Role of Space Syntax in Landscape Approach Analysis

Problem statement: Space syntax is a theory and method that recognizes the space configuration and enables its analysis. Space syntax expresses the intrinsic features of space tangibly and quantitatively by studying space quantitatively. It makes this method more practical and increasingly important. Also, no model can calculate the landscape’s subjective and objective aspects by computational and measurement methods in the landscape area. Given that the space syntax theory is a quantitative method that not only addresses the physique but also considers the social issues, such as activities, it seems that it has the capabilities and capacities that can help us evaluate the landscape. This research seeks to achieving the specific components of the landscape to fill in the gaps and weaknesses of conventional measurement methods and quantitative study of the landscape’s objective and subjective aspects and wants to answer the question that, How can the syntax method of space be used for landscape analysis?The current study addresses the content analysis to recognize the space syntax and its fundamental theories and concepts using a mixed method of descriptive-analytical and deductive explanation. These concepts are then analyzed along with the landscape concepts to achieve the space syntax efficiency in the landscape. The landscape is a subjective-objective phenomenon. The landscape features depend on the objective (physical features of space) and subjective features (meaning). The subjective factor is classified into two groups of visual and drama groups, which have different measurement and evaluation methods and capabilities. The visual factors are perceived reflectively and sensually, and drama factors depend on the rational process and establishing a relationship between its different parts. Space syntax can be used to analyze some of the landscape factors and has a deficiency in analyzing others. The objective factors of the landscape can be studied using space syntax due to their syntax feature. However, the more semantic the factors, the more inefficient is the method of space syntax for recognizing and analyzing space.